Rebecca Knight
Rebecca is the Deputy Editor on Ideal Home online. She has worked as a homes and interiors journalist for over four years. She began interning at various publications such as Scottish Woman Magazine and The Mail on Sunday's Event Magazine whilst studying for a bachelor's degree in Modern History at the University of St Andrews. After graduating she attained her Masters in Magazine Journalism at City, University of London in 2018, and interned at Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country.
She started her career as a feature writer for Women's Weekly Magazines, before joining the Ideal Home digital team covering news and features. Whilst working on Ideal Home she developed an interest in property news and covered breaking stories around house prices and interviewed key industry figures. In 2020 she was nominated and highly commended in the AOP Digital Rising Star category for her work on Ideal Home.
In 2021 she moved into the role of News Editor across the Future homes and gardens brands, including Gardeningetc.com. In 2022 she moved into the role of Deputy Editor on Ideal Home.
She lives in a rented flat in South London where she makes the most of window boxes to create small container gardens. Inside she has a jungle of houseplants in nearly every room which she does her best to keep up with regular watering and repotting.
Latest articles by Rebecca Knight
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5 surprising health benefits of gardening for children, according to a medical expert
Gardens From helping fussy eaters to improving sleep and motor skills, a health advisor shares the five ways gardening can boost your kids' health this summer
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Why you shouldn't mow your lawn this May, according to plant experts
Plants Are you up to the No Mow May challenge? Here's everything you need to know about the campaign encouraging gardeners to lock up the lawn mower this month
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Before and after: see how a couple created this stylish outdoor kitchen filled with clever features
Outdoor Living If your BBQ has seen better days, follow this couple's lead and transform your patio with an incredible DIY outdoor kitchen
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5 most common herb garden mistakes – how to avoid them according to a gardening expert
Grow Your Own Gardening expert Kate Turner shares the most common herb garden mistakes we're all making when growing our own at home
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The IKEA greenhouse cabinet is the ultimate IKEA hack for houseplant fans
How to The latest IKEA hack has seen people turning IKEA cabinets into indoor greenhouses with incredible results
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Gardening expert reveals the best time of day to get rid of weeds easily
How To Gardening guru Kate Turner shares the most common weeding mistake and best time to get rid of weeds easily and effectively
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Gardening expert David Domoney shares clever hack to check a tree is healthy using a penny
Plants David Domoney's coin hack is a shortcut to working out whether your plants and shrubs are fighting fit or could do with some extra TLC
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Garden expert Alan Titchmarsh shares clever planting technique for disguising fences and wires in the garden
How To Alan Titchmarsh and garden designer Katie Rushworth shared a clever planting hack for hiding a fence or ugly wires using ornamental grasses
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Gardening expert Frances Tophill reveals the plant every healthy vegetable patch should include
Grow Your Own The horticultural expert and gardening presenter shares her vegetable patch tip for the one plant you should invest in when growing your own fruit and vegetables
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The one thing you should never do when cleaning outdoor wooden furniture, according to a cleaning expert
Furniture This common cleaning tip is actually a big outdoor wooden furniture cleaning mistake, explains cleaning expert Lynsey Crombie
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Explore Gardeners' World presenter Carol Klein's garden at Glebe Cottage
Gardens Carol Klein's garden in Devon is a gardener's dream and the centrepiece of the presenter's new show 'Gardening with Carol Klein'
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Carol Klein reveals the one thing you should always do before buying a plant to check it's healthy
Plants Carol Klein shares her top tip for how to tell if a plant is healthy before going through the garden centre checkout
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Alan Titchmarsh reveals the one thing you must do in your garden before spring
How To The gardening presenter shares his clay pot cleaning tip that will help your garden to thrive when spring finally arrives
By Rebecca Knight Published
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Gardening expert David Domoney shares his top tip for protecting pot plants from frost and snow
Plants Keep your potted plants safe from Storm Darcy
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A new study finds taking up gardening can raise your IQ by 5 per cent
Gardens If you've been considering taking up gardening this year, there is now another good reason to pick up a spade
By Rebecca Knight Published
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Police and local councils warn that fashionable pampas grass has become a target for thieves
Plants Pampas grass thefts are running rampant across the UK. If you have this popular plant in your garden be sure to keep an eye on it
By Rebecca Knight Published
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Garden expert warns against this common trick for removing moss from a lawn
Gardens Dobbies' horticultural director explains why this common trick for removing moss could be putting wildlife in your garden at risk
By Rebecca Knight Published
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The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021 has been postponed until autumn for the first time in history
Gardens The RHS Chelsea Flower Show has been forced to postpone its May event until autumn due to the rising infection rate in the UK
By Rebecca Knight Published
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Angela Scanlon shares her secret to designing a garden ahead of her new BBC series Your Garden Made Perfect
Gardens The new BBC series Your Garden Made Perfect is a new garden design show like no other, using virtual reality to transform gardens small and big
By Rebecca Knight Published
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Alan Titchmarsh warns gardeners against nuisance garden centre weed
Gardens The presenter reveals how you could be bringing weeds into your garden from the garden centre
By Rebecca Knight Published
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Gardeners' World presenter Francis Tophill shares her secrets for keeping kids entertained in the garden
KIds Keep the children busy this winter with these simple gardening activities for kids
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The best selling vegetable seed filling our gardens this year revealed
Grow Your Own 2020 was the year many of us rediscovered gardening. It was this best selling vegetable seed that we were planting up
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A doctor reveals why now is the best time to get gardening to improve your health
Gardens From weightloss to stress-busting, the benefits of gardening are endless
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Springwatch’s Chris Packham shocks gardeners with his advice on mowing the lawn
Gardens We've got the lowdown on Chris Packham's lawn advice and what it means for your garden
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